Drugs and new drivers... Is it really THAT bad?

There is always one in every bunch huh. The CDL law did not really come into effect until April 1992. Bill Clinton did not become president until Jan 20th 1993.

CDL Summary.

 

I said 1994.

I tell you why.

1994 was the date, april to be exact in which I needed to show up at the DMV in Maryland to convert my license from Class A to CDL or face revocation. SO there I am standing in line on the first and final date, tuesday April of 1994 converting my license by surrenduring the Class A and watching them build a CDL A for me. There was a ENORMOUS MASS Situation there that day all truckers by the hundred doing the exact same thing.

You can laugh at me about dates and facts. That's fine. But I tell you exactly what my life was like that first tuesday of April in the DMV, the final date at which Im allowed to hold a Class A at that time period. Which is why 1994 is a consistant reference from my POV in life.

 

I was not laughing at you, but at me because I was picking on you about something that in the end means nothing. I had something like that to happen to me. One of the limitations of the internet is you can't see the mischief look in my eyes when I make such a post. I am sorry if I angered you it was not my intent.

 

LMAO!!! Neckbeards!!! I hate them!

 

Says the guy whose from the generation that raised this "disaster" of a generation. You don't think the parents of your generation said the same thing when everyone was coked up in the 80s and 90s? according to them anyway. Theres an endless amount of examples, my point is, each generation is the worst in the eyes of the one before it.

That being said, we have a drug problem. In maine its heroin, out west and south I've heard its meth. Both are illegal, but you and I know theres still people trying to drive while under the influence, addiction does that. Alcohol is a nation wide and class wide issue, but it IS legal, and we still have issues with alcohol destroying families, taking lives, and drunk driving still happens. So, as we can see, laws don't seem to affect how and what people do when it comes to escaping reality. Finally, we have the legalization of marijuana in some states, my state of Maine being one of them. Id be very surprised if the usage rates increase. This too is not class or age specific. Many of the people I grew up with (middle class rural maine) had parents, 50 year olds like yourself, who smoked semi regularly or very often, down low and out of sight. They had probably smoked most of their life, all while it was illegal. The difference is they were able to live "normal" and successful lives, unlike most addicts.

Lastly, open your eyes. Laws on drugs haven't and never will work. America already is fat and stoned hooked on junk food and netflix. And the elite rich, among other forces, has ruined the economy before (the great depression anyone? the recession?) and very well could again.

What do I know, I'm just a snowflake.

 

Also, I just realized I revived a two month old thread. My bad

 

See here, cocaine was part of snake oil and medical quackery back before 1900. America had a drug problem that was really systematic. Even the Coke soda drink had elements of it at one time in it. It was thought to be medicine.

President Roosevelt had a allergy or similar reaction that closed up his nose one time in 1943, it is well documented that his personal white house doctor applied cocaine into the nasal passages to open them up. Technology at that time did not understand what effects that stuff really had then.

Even Colonial Williamsburg had Opium in the what we called a Pharmacy today but since it was around 10 pounds (About 14.00 US Dollars today roughly... which works out in inflationary terms to be a little bit over a couple thousand dollars...) for a small dose supply to be used for certain situations such as post amputation or other truly invasive surgery that we would see as a form of butchery today. In that time period people relied on strong drink if they wanted to escape from the troubles in life.

Meth comes from the west coast, I think roughly associated with the biker culture at that time period and it's a relatively new drug, but a powerful one.

While growing up in the 70's our schools did not get into the war on drugs with the then new VCR technology that allowed whole classrooms to be taught about the drugs, how they were used and to say no to them. I am or was a Ritilian Kid, if the family missed a dose, I turned into a burgermonster, hunting food. (Fortunately there was plenty of food in that house at that time...) After a while they quit drugging me so much thankfully. The time between around age 4 and 7 were not applicable to memory excepting the pills.

After around 1920 into the 30's food and drug laws took effect in America and what was common to the grandparents were made illegal. We actually had some left overs into the 60's in that cabinet. But they were used for certain ailments so that being sick in bed is not a option. A little of this, go to school. You might not function very well, but you did not lose a school day, nor did it become necessary to call the doctor for a home visit.

Ive said enough. I find myself between two worlds. One I grew up in and now a modern internet where anything can and will be bought and sold, illegal or legal online if you have the credit card to make it happen. I was doing research into medicines I take and investigated if it was possible to order up replacements without a script anywhere in the world. As it turned out, it is most certainly possible to purchase the exact medicines from outside the USA, mailed to your home from anywhere in the world provided you have enough money and time. Its not just the legal drugs but also illegal ones etc.

I can only imagine the pressure on US Customs and the US Mails along with the express freighting such as ... Amazon or UPS etc. With all that stuff flowing into the USA.

 

As of 2014. 70 Million American's were on legal, prescribed, mind altering drugs.
Think about it.

 

Think about what?